Even though the average temperatures over the three-month winter season is forecast to be above normal in much of the country, there will still be bouts of winter weather with cold temperatures and frozen precipitation.

For instance, we're as accurate today on a five-day forecast as we were 15 years ago on a three-day forecast. So that improvement is almost a doubling in the accuracy of forecasting.

This hurricane season shattered records that have stood for decades-most named storms, most hurricanes and most category 5 storms. Arguably, it was the most devastating hurricane season the country has experienced in modern times,

I think we've had three years in a row of above-average rainfalls.

In the winter, early in the season, it actually can have a warming effect and hold the temperatures up, where temperatures drop much colder in interior sections, and then the opposite takes place in the summer.

There's been an odd month which has had above average but it's been a notable dry period. There are two winter periods included and it is that what creates the real concern within the water industry.